discussion board 200 words (use your own experience) my gender identity is female!no plagiarism

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question: Reflect on how you have used sexist language (or you have been targeted by sexist language) in your own life. Use this example to illustrate/explain the relationship between language and power. What can we learn from this?)

Instruction:

1. First, you should post a thread in direct response to the prompt answering my question(s). Posts/threads should be well developed and well written. You should cite course material and you should conclude with an open-ended question that invites others to participate in the conversation. Responses will be evaluated based on:

a.Development, completeness, and thoughtfulness of response: Responses should be fully developed (at least 200 words). Did the student effectively address the prompt? Was response complete and well developed? Did this response appear to be thoughtful? Did the student think critically about the material? Did the student connect ideas in a meaningful way? Did the student effectively apply course concepts and/or theories? Was the student able to apply ideas presented in the readings to their own example/story/experience

b.The use of citations: Each week, in your response to the prompt you should include at least one source citation (typically the book, or another scholarly peer- reviewed source). You should include in-text citations that adhere to APA guidelines—it should be clear to me which points in your response come from the readings and which points are coming from you. There is no need to include a full bibliographic reference, just the parenthetical in-text citation.

c. The quality of the written response: Did the student proof read their response? Were there grammatical errors? Did the student answer in complete sentences?

d. Conclude with a thought–provoking question: Since you are required to respond to one another’s posts, it is effective to open dialogue in your original post by inviting participation. Therefore, you are required to end your own response with an open-ended question to encourage people to engage in the discussion further. Don’t just conclude with, “What do you think?” Rather, ask thought-provoking questions. The discussion boards are only useful if students can engage in meaningful discussions.

Course Project Task IV/Preparing for the Literature Review

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Module 5 Assignment 1: Course Project Task IV/Preparing for the Literature Review

In Module 1 you identified a research topic of interest and some preliminary questions around that topic. Exploring databases set you on the path to look for, select, and examine existing studies for their relevance and usefulness to your topic. Then you examined them in detail and wrote a critique of one of the articles, looking for strengths and weaknesses and gaps in the research that may have been overlooked. With the annotated bibliography, you selected several relevant articles and not only did you evaluate them, but you also looked at patterns of similarities and differences between how they have presented aspects of your topic and question, continuing to consider how you might refine your research question.

In this assignment, you will attempt to complete a preliminary and preparatory document using the six selected sources thus far towards your final literature review. This is a short assignment and need not be more than one-two pages.

The first section of the paper should be an introductory paragraph that states your research question using the relational model; a clear purpose for this assignment; and a map that outlines the patterns/themes you have found so far from the sources you have reviewed.


The second section of the paper (Body) will be an outline of the literature review. To create the outline, examine your selected sources, note the common patterns or themes, and create 3-4 clear headings that reflect the main themes. Next to each theme/heading, cite the sources that indicated this theme. Under each theme, include sub-topics that reflect key points of discussion for that theme. Make sure that the sub topics you include align with their associated headings. These headings and subtopics can then be used as sub-headings and discussion points to structure and organize your literature review in Module 6. Please read the Module 5 Overview page to understand how you would search for common themes in the literature.

The final section of the paper is a brief conclusion where you would re-state the purpose and map, while broadly summarizing key patterns/themes as they currently exist, noting any gaps and/or suggestions for future research identified by the researcher where your research question could be added to the conversation

Two important concepts/terminology to emphasize here are “literature” and “themes”:

  • A single source cannot be termed as “literature”. The word, Literature refers to numerous and major scholarly writings presented on a specific topic. Depending on your discipline and field, “the literature” can include: journal articles, books, published essays, government reports, and so on. The main thing to keep in mind is that “the literature” is the body of scholarly, professional information that is used by researchers working on that topic area. When we refer to a literature review, the implication is an examination and evaluation of a collection of sources relevant to a specific area of research. A well written literature review helps you to establish the rationale for your particular research and provides the framework in selecting a particular research question
  • A concept cannnot be designated as a theme if you only come across that perspective in a single source. However, if you see the same or differing opinions/perspectives expressed across numerous articles, then you can identify that perspective as a pattern or a theme.

Review the grading criteria below for additional details on how to structure the content.

By the due date assigned, submit your assignment as a Word document to the Discussion Area. Then through the end of the module, review at least two of your classmates’ submissions and provide constructive feedback.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Please make sure you review the elements of the grading criteria and associated points carefully and make sure your assignment has addressed all the elements and in enough detail to merit full points.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Wrote an introductory paragraph that stated the proposed research question using the relational model; stated a clear purpose for this assignment; and created a map that named the patterns/themes found so far from the sources reviewed.

4
Created an outline with headings and well fleshed out subtopics that reflect the main themes found across the 6 selected sources. Provided citations for each of the themes

8
Concluded the assignment by re-stating the purpose and map, while broadly summarizing key patterns/themes as they currently exist, noting any gaps and/or suggestions and connecting the gaps to the proposed research question

4
Thoughtfully reviewed at least 2 peers’ submissions, making constructive comments and/or suggestions on their paper’s structure, the development and support of themes and patterns from across the literature.

4
Total:

Module 5 Overview

Presented a quote by Mary Heaton Vorse, Provides the learning outcomes on which the readings and assignments for this module are based.
  • Engage in ethical scholarship and utilize appropriate citation and referencing skills associated with dissertation and scholarly writing to avoid plagiarism/matching text.
  • Examine connections between the various academic writing genres (article critiques, annotated bibliographies, article synthesis), and how they contribute to the development of the literature review and to the dissertation.
  • Understand the stages of the dissertation process.

Many Argosy University doctoral students have benefitted from interviewing people who have completed dissertations or doctoral-level research. The first activity for this module will provide you with an opportunity to do just that. Asking questions that are not always addressed in written materials and hearing real-life experiences can provide a rich learning experience. Sometimes the stories heard by students provide them with an important list of do’s and don’ts. Sometimes the stories provided by the interviewees weave intriguing tales. Often, interviewees share the growth they experienced, sometimes in unexpected ways. Always the interviewees provide assurance that there is life after the completion of a dissertation.

Module 5 also provides you the opportunity to examine connections between all the genres that you have engaged in during the prior modules and how all those different pieces fit together to develop your literature review and beyond that to your dissertation. Instead of thinking of your research topic, article critiques, annotated bibliographies, and information literacy activities as discrete experiences, think of them instead as links to a chain. Sometimes, it is easy to lose sight of the forest (in this case, the research topic) when surrounded by many trees (what may seem like tons of paper from the different assignments and journal articles you have collected). As you reflect on this module, try to analyze what connections you specifically see between your research topic, prior assignments, and your prospective review of the literature.

One engaging part of the journal article reading and critiquing you will be doing over the course of your program is that you will begin to get very familiar with how your profession views the topic or research interest you are bringing to the field. You will also see themes emerging from the many articles you read. For example, in selecting articles related to a research topic of professional identity, there are many articles; within that broad topic group one can find several articles connected to one another in some fashion. The professional literature is much like an ongoing discussion of problems facing the field, so you will often see within your searches for literature several articles presenting different aspects of a single topic. You’ll note that there might be three or four different professional opinions as to what the pressing issues are in the topic area you are interested in studying. There will be schools of thought emerging – and patterns in the discussions of topics and problems in your field. You begin to recognize the perspectives emerging and see relatedness between the articles and studies. These patterns and schools of thought and connections can also be described as “themes” emerging from the professional literature. In using the example of the topic of professional identity, notice that the following themes, or repeated discussions, appear across the literature. In 35 or more professional journal articles, many of those articles fit neatly into one of these four categories:

Unity in professional identity (having an overarching vision for the profession),
Specialization in professional identity (having specialty areas for the profession),
Education as a primary contributor to a person’s professional identity
Standards in Competency as a professional concern

These four categories are themes in the literature on professional identity and they provide an excellent basis to frame and structure a discussion of the problem of professional identity in a literature review.

There is much discussion about whether a profession needs more unity in its identity or if certification (and specialization) is more important. The contributions of education programs to the formation of professional identity is another perspective introduced on the topic. Professional licensure and certification emerge as another theme in the professional identity topic: standards in competency.

These themes highlighted above provide a way for me to organize a literature review into a series of critical discussions. Uncovering the themes also provides you a basis of support for your own research questions. Also, using search terms from these themes will help to uncover additional literature. Through all this reading over quite some time, you are bound to find gaps in the literature – a question yet to be asked! The more immersed you are in the literature, the more likely you will know the core issues in the topic area, and the more likely you are to find gaps in the literature, such as that question that has yet to be proposed!

The reason you read so many journal articles and scholarly publications is to assure that first, we are grounded in the professional literature so we can ask research questions that will expand on the current body of knowledge. By the time you arrive at dissertation, after your coursework is completed, it is expected you will have substantial understanding of the professional perspectives on your research interests. One’s research questions naturally spring from one’s own curiosity, that’s an excellent starting point and keeps the connection with one’s passion and experience; the next step is finding a good fit between your question and the existing body of professional literature. By the time dissertation comes around, you will be quite knowledgeable about your topic.

Critical Analysis and Synthesis Versus Reporting

Once you have identified themes and patterns in the literature around which you can organize your knowledge of the problem area, you’ll have a good structure in which to present your discussion and analysis of the published scholarly works.

In addition to using emergent themes and patterns in the literature to organize your study, now it is time for you to step up into an “informed reviewer” role when preparing your discussions of your literature. The themes can be used as section headings to present a logical unfolding of the topics and subtopics related to your research interests in the professional literature. For instance, you identify the merits of the different opinions, pairing author Expert’s findings with two related studies by authors Clever and Brighter. However, instead of listing factors one and two from Expert’s findings, then discussing Clever’s discovery that relates to Expert’s findings but takes it a step further, followed by discussing Brighter’s perspective, you synthesize the material by including an integrated discussion of Expert, Clever, and Brighter’s work as those works relate to the different themes

You might find Expert came up with several interesting findings, but Expert’s’ methodology was in question because the sample size was too small to generalize the results to larger populations. You might appreciate that Clever’s work is well organized, with a sequence of planned studies, one building on the other, and also note that seven other studies find Clever’s arguments well founded and supported in other’s research. Perhaps Brighter’s research design did not factor in some aspect of the population studied that is very apparent to you but is not discussed in the article. By discussing these aspects, you discuss the themes and subtopics in your topic area as they relate to one another and how they develop a comprehensive picture of the problem discussion in the field.

The writing involved in this kind of critical analysis for literature reviews uses far fewer direct quotations than you will find in report writing. You are introducing your own perspective as a professional engaged in the discussion. Your analysis points out the merits and possible shortcomings of other studies, and compares and contrasts current findings in the field. You develop expertise in seeking out the commonalities and the differentiators in the professional literature.

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Managerial Accounting Case study

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Case study #1 has one problem with multiple parts.

Please note the following:

  • The case study exercise is an individual project, not a group project. Working with another student (or students) will be considered cheating per the Wilmington University Academic Integrity Policy. This policy is located in the Syllabus section of Bb for your review.
  • The submission is to be one Excel file including the memo. You can type your memo in Word and copy it into your Excel spreadsheet or type the text submission directly into a text box in Excel. Each of the three alternate proposals should be considered independently of the other two proposals. All parts should be included on one sheet.
  • If any calculations are required, they must be shown. This is done by entering your calculation as a formula in Excel. I will be able to review the Excel formulas in your worksheet.
  • Utilize Excel formulas and functions to the fullest extent possible.
  • Do not round your dollar amounts but display all dollar amounts to the nearest dollar.
  • Formatting counts. There are examples of contribution format income statements in the text, including in the Solution to Review Problem 2 at the end of Chapter 1. You MUST list all expenses on separate lines on your income statements. Do NOT combine expense amounts into two general categories (variable and fixed). Your income statement should include a column for total dollars and a column for percent of sales.
  • The case study answers must be clearly marked and easy to follow.
  • The memo portion of your case will receive the greatest value in the “Correct Answers” portion of the case study rubric. There is no one correct answer for the memo. You are being evaluated on your ability to communicate effectively in writing.
  • Please title your excel file with your last name & “Case Study 1”.

100% original Assignment: Community Resources

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Volunteers and political officials in local communities often campaign to improve conditions and provide services to increase the well-being of individuals and families living in those communities. If you are the parent of young children, you might focus on improving the local school or creating safe places where children can play. If you are an individual in later adulthood or a caregiver for an individual in later adulthood, what community resources might be important to you? For this week’s Assignment, you evaluate the resources that your local community provides for its older members.

To prepare for this Assignment, research the resources available in your local community to support the issues and concerns of the older population. Note any gaps in these services and consider what improvements might be made to existing services as well as what services should be added.

Submit a 3 to 4-page paper that includes the following:

  • A description of the services in your local community that support individuals in later adulthood
  • An evaluation of the effectiveness of the services you identified
  • A description of service gaps you identified
  • An explanation of how to improve existing services
  • A description of services that should be added, and why

Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Before the Music Dies, Communication assignment help

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I need someone to watch the videos and answer the questions

1) Watch – Before the Music Dies

What does Andrew’s brother say he feels has happened in the music world?

Whose music is said to be the foundation of “American” music”

What form currently “rules the world?”

What killed the radio star?

What technology/software “fixes” poor singing?

What Act was passed in 1996 and what impact did it have?

How many “major” record labels are there?

What does “A&R” mean and what do they do?

How was the beginning of “Napster” described in terms of its impact?

What critic of the music industry’s response to the internet, downloading and “piracy” is that the company’s do what?

What has Branford Marsalis learned about students (and teachers)?

Who wrote that last song, “Fool For You”?

Did you hear any music in this documentary that you never had heard before and that you also liked?

2. Watch This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Parts ONE and TWO which is linked from this first page) and:

NC-17 used to be known as what rating?

The current rating system is described by Jon Lewis as what?

Who/what organization gives the ratings?

What are some impacts of ratings on films?

What does “independent” mean?

What role was played by Will Hays?

Who was Jack Valenti? What organization did he start/head and what did/does it do? And who do they serve?

What is meant by describing the film industry as a set of “vertically integrated monopolies?”

What was the “Blacklist?”

What is more likely to receive an NC-17 rating, a violence or sex?

What is the relationship between Hollywood and the military?

Describe the relationship represented between Hollywood and elected officials/politicians/government.

To whom are copyright “pirates” compared?

What rating does this film receive?

Historical and Professional Foundations of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

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Initial Post (minimum of 5 meaningful sentences per prompt; cite something from the assigned reading(s) with page number/section heading in one of the prompts):

  1. What are some considerations for setting up your counseling room?
  2. Identify and describe at least two pros and two cons associated with diagnosing clients.
  3. Identify at least two ways that you can incorporate advocacy into your future position.

thats the textbook, but I do not have the book yet.

Title Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings
Author Debbie W. Newsome; Samuel T. Gladding
ISBN 978-0-13-438555-6

+ respond to classmate.

COLLAPSE

  1. I think that the mood of the session can be immediately set by the environment the client walks in to, so the set-up of your counseling room should not be overlooked. Going to see a counselor has a lot of negative stigma and can be very scary for many people. The thought of opening up to a complete stranger can be intimidating, so I believe making the setting of your room as causal and pleasant as possible is important. Rather than feeling like you’re in a clinicians office, you should feel comfortable as a client. I think that a casual living-room like set up for couches/chairs with a coffee table and end tables is appropriate and inviting. I think that warm colors and peaceful décor would be appropriate, as well as either natural light, or warm light fixtures (not the super bright, striking lighting typical in hospitals/doctors offices). Essentially, surrounding the client with a comforting and casual environment, maybe even somewhat familiar, will help ease the client upon entry for the first time, and potentially calm them down or give them a free and open space to be in future sessions.
  2. There are many pros and cons for diagnosing clients. The pro’s are that by giving a diagnoses, the individual can receive the help they need because a diagnoses means it can be billed by insurance. Another pro is that it gives the counselor a framework of where to begin with the client in terms of their road to recovery. Diagnoses have specific characteristics, and by giving a diagnoses it can help the counselor know where to begin, what to talk about, what to ask, etc… The cons, though, are also present. A diagnoses can be damaging to some clients because it is essentially a “label”, and unfortunately, mental illness still has a huge negative stigma in society. Another con to giving a diagnoses is that the client may succumb to that diagnoses, further influencing their feelings of helplessness and making them feel that they cannot overcome what they are going through.
  3. I think that the performing the profession itself is a form of advocacy. You are giving these people a voice in that you are listening to what they have to say, and helping them to achieve their goals, overcome their obstacles, and deal with the hardships they have going on in their lives. I think that each session is a form of advocacy as you are allowing these people to be heard. Another form of advocacy, in a more legal setting, was mentioned in the book. The book talked about a form of advocacy in promoting support for clients through relationships and collaboration (Gladding & Newsome, p. 70). I think this can be done in a variety of ways. Many individuals in the LGBT community struggle with coming out to their loved ones because of fear. By providing that non-judgemental support, offering information about outside communities/support groups, and maybe even allowing your counseling office as a safe space for the individual to talk with their family about their sexual orientation, you are being their advocate. You are helping them do something that, on their own, they may not know how to do.

Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies

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Select a publicly traded company to research and evaluate its Human Resource (HR) and business strategy, HR department job positions, and ways it markets its company regarding human capital. Some company Websites that provide this information are listed below:

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Propose how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
  2. Describe the HR job positions and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
  3. Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why.
  4. Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
  5. Propose three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Determine and explain the appropriate disciplinary action

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Scenario: You have just started work as the new Human Resources Manager for Acme Manufacturing, a Fortune 1,000 company. The job has been vacant for six months now. You have been wondering about this, especially since reading about employee harassment incidents and fights recently in the news.

The General Manager (GM) calls you into his office the minute you arrive. He shuts the door after saying a quick word of welcome, and begins to tell you about an incident that happened last week that needs your immediate attention. The company’s manufacturing operations runs three shifts of production workers so the plant is operating 24/7. Over the past six months hostilities have arisen between employees on the third and first shifts. What started out as jeering and criticisms by the first shift, claiming they have to clean up the mess and complete all of the work left undone by the third shift, has escalated to physical confrontations and altercations. Although the GM said that aggressive bantering back-and-forth is common for shift workers in manufacturing, he admitted he was worried after seeing a gun on one of the employees last week that was concealed, or so the employee thought, in a shoulder holster under this jacket. The GM said he needs your help. Specifically, he asked that you:

  • Determine and explain the appropriate disciplinary action for the employees involved in this situation and identify motivational alternatives that can help turn the situation around;
  • Draft policies and procedures that could be used in the guidance and performance management of the shift workers; and
  • Develop performance standards for the shift workers, identify appropriate methods of performance appraisal, and develop appropriate training to help get them back on track.

Feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the situation, you go back to your office and begin devising a plan to help get employee relations back on track, realizing that human resource policies and practices may help avert potentially dangerous situations in the future if implemented correctly.

Write a 5-7 page memo to the GM responding to the three concerns listed above. Be sure to cite any references used in proper APA format.

Differentiation and Management of Abdomen, Anus/Rectum, and genitourinary Disorders

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Topic 1: Differentiation and Management of Abdomen, Anus/Rectum, and Genitourinary Disorders

Please select a disorder of the GU, abdomen, anus/rectum systems (pelvic inflammatory disease, cervicitis, STDs, UTI, prostatitis, balanitis, urethritis, epididymitis, testicular torsion, hydrocele, epispadias, rectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, GERD, appendicitis, cholecystitis) and answer the following questions:

  1. What are the presenting symptoms?
  2. How is it distinguished from other similar disorders (assessment findings, common in particular age/sex or ethnic group, etc.)?
  3. What is your first intervention?
  4. How will you confirm the diagnosis?
  5. What is the appropriate treatment?
  6. Write a prescription to treat the illness (if applicable or refer to appropriate specialty if needed) that includes (patient name, date, name of drug, dose, and strength, quantity to dispense, directions of how often to take the medicine, and number of refills).
  7. When will you schedule a follow-up appointment and what is your plan on the follow up visit?

Do I want to work there, social services, Psychology homework help

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You have been accepted as a student intern at a residential facility that provides habilitation services for developmentally disabled adults. The adult population with which you will be working consists of residents with varying degrees of cognitive, developmental and intellectual disabilities. Because many of the residents’ conditions are chronic and long-term, progress is measured fractionally. You witness this progress first-hand. At times, you enjoy your work, while some days you feel discouraged. After completing your internship, the residential facility offers you a full-time position with a reasonable salary.

I need to answer this questions and I’m kind of stuck. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings with my answers I just answer a little bit so you have an idea where I come from.

Address the following in your discussion:

Will you accept the full-time position? No Why or why not? Because I already made my mind in the population that I want to work for. I do have a preference and plan A and B. What aspects of this job might you like or dislike?
(I am a a people person and i get very personal when it comes to help others) I would like that I am helping but I would dislike….. ??

Could you work in this setting? yes I can, but at this point of my life 2 careers later I am pretty sure what I want and how I want to direct my professional life. It is sure that I did a good job because they offer me a job but they deserved the best and I deserve to like my job as well.

Be specific. Give examples. APA style at least one reference

thank you